The Medieval Period (1100AD - 1499AD)

Life In The Middle Ages

Medieval pot base

Period:

Late Medieval

Description:

This pot base was found by a scallop dredger working the sea bed some five kilometres south of the Mull of Galloway. How did a medieval jar end up in the North Channel? Was it lost overboard during a voyage or does it mark the site of a medieval wreck?

The base of a large pot, probably a jug. The surface is badly eroded and no glaze survives but the vessell is probably a type of pot known as White Gritty Ware.